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  1. calculus - Why is "antiderivative" also known as "primitive ...

    Jan 6, 2019 · While antiderivative, primitive, and indefinite integral are synonymous in the United States, other languages seem not to have any equivalent terms for antiderivative. As others have pointed out …

  2. What is a primitive polynomial? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jul 31, 2010 · 9 What is a primitive polynomial? I was looking into some random number generation algorithms and 'primitive polynomial' came up a sufficient number of times that I decided to look into …

  3. Finding a primitive root of a prime number

    May 16, 2023 · How would you find a primitive root of a prime number such as 761? How do you pick the primitive roots to test? Randomly? Thanks

  4. When are Idempotents elements of a semisimple algebra primitive

    Jun 26, 2024 · 1 Based on the comments, a primitive central idempotent is a central idempotent that cannot be written as a sum of two central orthogonal idempotents. If we define that a primitive …

  5. algebraic number theory - Proving Dirichlet character is primitive ...

    Sep 29, 2023 · Proving Dirichlet character is primitive Ask Question Asked 2 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 4 months ago

  6. number theory - Given 2 is a primitive root mod 19, find all solutions ...

    Mar 23, 2019 · Could you please help me solve the following problem? 2 is a primitive root mod 19. Using this information, find all solutions to x^12 ≡ 7 (mod 19) and x^12 ≡ 6 (mod 19) I think I would …

  7. Ian Stewart, Definition for Primitive Root of Unity

    Sep 25, 2025 · Def 1: A primitive $n$ -th root of unity is an $n$ -th root of 1 that is not an $m$ -th root of 1 for any proper divisor $m$ of $n$. This definition seems different from what I have seen elsewhere.

  8. Primitive of a Group Action - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Feb 12, 2018 · Let $G$ be a group acting transitively on a set $X$. A nonempty subset $B$ of $X$ is called a block for $G$ if for each $g\\in G$ either $gB=B$ or $gB\\cap B ...

  9. Affine type primitive group - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Feb 27, 2023 · By the definition it looks like 'Every solvable primitive groups are of affine type primitive groups only.' Is the converse true ? i.e. Is it true that every affine primitive permutation groups are

  10. abstract algebra - Primitive and Induced Dirichlet Characters ...

    Apr 5, 2021 · The one called "Introduction to analytic number theory", Chapter $8$ on Dirichlet characters, induced moduli and primitive characters.